ds2000 Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Got to laugh at this, my brother just took my car to a tyre place next to Cavasham bridge in Reading (for those that know it?) to get my front two tyres changed...... they wanted £60 Needless to say he said there was a little bit less rubber on the rears the speed he got out of there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH 370z Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Sounds cheap to me, I have just paid £210 for two motor bike tyres!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I think he means they wanted 60 quid just for the job. IE 60 quid PLUS the cost of the tyres. I'd expect to pay 20 a corner for fitting and balancing of tyres to alloys and on to car from an average place. I pay 10-15 but I know the owner of a shop for 15 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwantone Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Sounds cheap to me, I have just paid £210 for two motor bike tyres!! I can't help feeling that the £60 was just to change the two tyres, not supply and fit 2 new tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH 370z Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I see, just that does sound a bit salty then, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 £20 - £30 a corner seems reasonable to me Big chain or small independent? I'd be happy to pay that for somewhere I trusted to look after my wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds2000 Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 ^^ Really?? Previously at home in Mid Wales I'd been paying £5 a corner! Its not a hard or time consuming task. I think this price was some main 'chain' place. My brother said the guy pulled his calculator out and stood there for 2 mins probably 'x2' the price with every click - I should also point out that I'll be getting my wheels refurbed in the next few months so at the minute a crow bar and hammer wouldn't bother me Indeed, I've provided my own tyres Brother has found another place now £15 a corner. I'm home at the weekend so might just wait and take it to my olde haunt. I think my brother is just enjoying driving the Z around tbh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Don't get me wrong, I don't pay anywhere near that price myself as I've got a good relationship with my local tyre place, but for the right service I'd be prepared to pay that. Given that it's at least a 30 min job to do it properly and with care, and the money you have to make when people aren't coming in wanting tyres changed, you're looking at an hourly rate of the £60 I guess which isn't unreasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm cya Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 £20-£30 a corner? You guys are crazy. £10 a corner tops! It's fitting a tyre to a rim. Yeah low profiles can be a pain, but if you know how to use the tyre machine properly they're no trouble at all, aslong as you use a fair bit of lube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Sounds cheap to me, I have just paid £210 for two motor bike tyres!! Last pair i bought for my R1 cost me 120quid! But that was like 2 years back. Cost for fitting tyres also seems to have gone through the roof. I used to always buy my tyres online and have one of the local garages fit them - national tyres or kwik fit. Kwik fit used to charge me a fiver a wheel, and last time I had national tyres do them they cost me 7.50 a wheel fitted incl balancing & new valves. But, when I got some new tyres for my zed a few weeks back I asked around a few local garages and I was quoted 20quid PER WHEEL to have tyres fitted. I guess its because they wont make money on selling you a tyre and want to discourage people from buying online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds2000 Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 Agree with the above, its also the recycling charge too - but if you're happy to take them to your local tip where disposal is free its no biggy. No disrespect Dan but £60 an hour for fitting tyres? £60 an hour for a damn good mechanic I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Each to their own, I just look at things from a different perspective is all. Would I pay £60 to have a set of two tyres changes at a decent tyre fitters? Yes I would. Easy as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Surely though it has to be something to do with the wheel also. I was in a local tyre place getting my wheel torqued up and the guys had four Merc SLS wheels sat there they were putting top of the range rubber on. They were charging something like £350 to do it simply because of the risk to them of putting a mark on these super expensive and new alloys! They had three guys working on each wheel at a time and properly taking their time doing it. So fair play. But £60 for two tyres on a set of Rays...hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrumbMC Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 My local spot charge 10 quid a wheel or 15 quid if its 18" or more. i asked him if he could do it for 10 once but he said thats to cover the insurance incase they damage them. Seems fair enough and they allways do a good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Each to their own, I just look at things from a different perspective is all. Would I pay £60 to have a set of two tyres changes at a decent tyre fitters? Yes I would. Easy as that. Put in perspective I pay £30 for a dentist who's spend 7 years in university and 20 years building up a practice to carefully drill out my tooth and apply amalgam to the cavity...............I deeply begrudge how much this costs me. £30 for a tyre to be fitted??!?! I'd rather try and put it on my self using my pecker as a tyre iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Each to their own, I just look at things from a different perspective is all. Would I pay £60 to have a set of two tyres changes at a decent tyre fitters? Yes I would. Easy as that. Put in perspective I pay £30 for a dentist who's spend 7 years in university and 20 years building up a practice to carefully drill out my tooth and apply amalgam to the cavity...............I deeply begrudge how much this costs me. £30 for a tyre to be fitted??!?! I'd rather try and put it on my self using my pecker as a tyre iron. +1 £30 a corner is TTP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rm cya Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Put in perspective I pay £30 for a dentist who's spend 7 years in university and 20 years building up a practice to carefully drill out my tooth and apply amalgam to the cavity...............I deeply begrudge how much this costs me. £30 for a tyre to be fitted??!?! I'd rather try and put it on my self using my pecker as a tyre iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Put in perspective I pay £30 for a dentist who's spend 7 years in university and 20 years building up a practice to carefully drill out my tooth and apply amalgam to the cavity...............I deeply begrudge how much this costs me. Count yourself lucky, that would cost you ~£80 down my way. Fortunately my work dental cover pays for any work I need doing Then again, my dentist doesnt use amalgam, he uses some funky white resin. And he doesnt just drill out the tooth, he then cleans it out, primer/etches it and then bonds in the resin, and colour matches it to the tooth in question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Put in perspective I pay £30 for a dentist who's spend 7 years in university and 20 years building up a practice to carefully drill out my tooth and apply amalgam to the cavity...............I deeply begrudge how much this costs me. Count yourself lucky, that would cost you ~£80 down my way. Fortunately my work dental cover pays for any work I need doing Then again, my dentist doesnt use amalgam, he uses some funky white resin. And he doesnt just drill out the tooth, he then cleans it out, primer/etches it and then bonds in the resin, and colour matches it to the tooth in question. Thats called being a posh Southerner! Us Northern scum are lucky if we don't get stuck with a Mercury filling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Maybe we have posh southern tyre fitters too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilMH Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I have had this done quite a few times over recent years (various cars, wheel and tyre combinations). I have noticed the prices generally creeping up - however, the prices I have paid have ranged from £9 to £15 per corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 And dont forget that at most garages its the YTS kid who does the tyre fitting. As for paying 30quid to have a tyre fitted, last year when I had my VW golf I went to a part worn tyre place in Coventry and had 2 brand new Goodyear tyres fitted for £15 each. That included the actual tyre as well!!!! They were brand spanking new, not a mark on them. They must have been the spare wheel out of a car or something as they were on crappy steel rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I think you southern boys are having the p**s taken £10-15 up here is a reasonable price per corner, £60 an hour for a dentist is a fair one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrumbMC Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 In the words of Guy Martin, "Shandy drinkin southern pufters" haha I guess if you go to a garage where you pay a mechanics labour then fair enough. The place i ggot above price was a spot called "Budget tyres and exhausts". they're good at what they do though and top bants aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I'm with Dan here. I'd happily pay more to have the job done right. I was about £15 or £20 a corner to get my 20s done but there were 2 - 3 of them there the whole time to ensure no damage was done! I would imagine the insurance is silly for these guys. My Dad was telling me his company just needed to go to £20 million liability for the work they do offshore and he said the premium nearly reduced him to tears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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